The Daily Bruin

We are looking for students who are living near Newberg this summer who would like to be a part of a photo shoot with our marketing and communications team. Grab some friends and email Missy Downs (mdowns@georgefox.edu) if you are interested in a trip over to the Oregon Coast, a chance to be on our social media, and maybe even a billboard!

If you are available on weekdays, please let us know by Friday, July 30, if you are interested in participating.

Join your colleagues at an in-person all-employee meeting in Canyon Commons 101-103 from 3 to 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, July 22. For those unable to attend in person, a livestream will be available at this link.

See you there!

Please take a moment to share the gift of words with our employees who are celebrating a “years of service” milestone. Feel free to thank them or share a favorite memory by adding a comment under their name on this form.

We’ll share your gift of words on cards, and present them at the all-community meeting on Monday, Aug. 16. Please reach out to Kara Holcombe (kholcombe@georgefox.edu or ext. 2189) if you have any questions regarding the honorees.

The city of Newberg will be conducting what they call “large water meter testing” on Monday, July 19. The Newberg campus has both large water meters with bypass valves and large water meters without bypass valves. Buildings being serviced by meters without bypass valves will experience a disruption in water service during testing times.

Locations of large water meters with bypass valves (that should not experience disruption in water service):

• Roberts Center meter
• Wood-Mar meter

Locations of water meters without bypasses:

• Ross meter (testing scheduled for 8:30 a.m.)
• Wheeler meter (testing scheduled for 10:30 a.m.)
• Hobson / Macy / Sutton meter (testing scheduled for 1:30 p.m.)
• George Fox irrigation meter, located near Wood-Mar (no testing schedule provided)
• Morse Field meter (no testing schedule provided)

The city has stated that the testing should take about 30 minutes per meter. During that time the water may be off completely, unless it has a bypass valve. Questions can be directed to the plant services office (plantservices@georgefox.edu).

The vehicle registration portal is now open for all students to register their vehicles for parking permits for the 2021-22 school year!

Here are some things to be aware of:

• The university parking registration fee has been incorporated into the Student Fee, so students will no longer need to pay an additional out-of-pocket fee to register their vehicle.
• Students bringing a vehicle to campus must register their vehicle and obtain a parking permit.
• There have been significant changes in parking areas this year, so be sure to look over your new parking map to ensure you are parking in the right place.
• All students may order a permit this year.
• All residents may order a resident parking permit, and all commuters may order a commuter parking permit. Vehicles must be parked in the lots assigned to their permit designation.
• Register here and be sure to have your DMV registration slip in front of you.
• If you are unable to register, please call our office for assistance.

Questions? Call the security office at 503-554-2090 during business hours, or email Elrike Shaw at eshaw@georgefox.edu.

Employees are invited to shop the Nike Company Store now through Aug. 1, 2021. Please download this pass for all the details and read the fine print carefully. You’ll need to take your employee ID with you, and ID for family members who accompany you.

Have fun shopping!

Questions? Contact Sara Reamy (sreamy@georgefox.edu).

Staff, including summertime student workers, are permitted to park in all campus parking lots; however, we do ask that you stay out of reserved parking spaces.

These spaces are reserved 24/7 and are to be occupied only by the department staff indicated. Additionally, handicapped spaces are to be used only by vehicles displaying a valid state handicapped permit. They are not for dropping off or visiting without a valid handicapped permit. This is an Oregon state law and is enforceable 24/7/365.

Please don’t park in the marked Visitor parking area in the Stevens parking lot. When these spaces fill up with staff vehicles, our visitors don’t know where to park. Prospective students and their families are visiting campus, and we want to help to make their experience exceptional!

In addition, we have reserved 10-minute parking spots at Mail Services that are meant for running in and grabbing your mail, or for pick-up of heavy packages. They are not for long-term parking.

Please help us by staying out of any reserved spaces. Thank you for your help!

Questions? Call Campus Public Safety at 503-554-2090 or email Elrike Shaw (eshaw@georgefox.edu).

Today (Thursday), between 1 and 2 p.m., the analytics and foresight department will be offering its first weekly “Office Hour” session via Zoom.

If you have data-related questions, we’ll be available for an hour on Thursdays at 1 p.m. to offer our assistance. This is an open format; we will do our best to assist you during this time and provide guidance on next steps, if necessary.

Questions? Contact Tyler Susmilch at tsusmilch@georgefox.edu.

Are you interested in improving your health and fitness? The Find Your Fit employee health and fitness program will help you do both!

This program is free to George Fox employees and spouses, as well as graduate students. As part of the program you will receive a health and fitness assessment. These measurements will then be used to help an exercise science student create an individualized exercise prescription for you designed to reach your health and fitness goals.

We have about 20 spots left this summer, so please contact Mary Imboden (mimboden@georgefox.edu) if interested.

We hope you enjoyed last week’s resources, videos and ideas on the subject of intentional thankfulness. Let us continue disrupting the world with gratitude and see how it changes us and others.

This week, we encourage you to experiment with different things you can do to be in the gratitude zone and take more steps to express it to others.

The one thing all humans have in common is that each of us wants to be happy, says Brother David Steindl-Rast, a monk and interfaith scholar. Happiness, he suggests, is born from gratitude, and we always get another opportunity to enjoy what is given to us every moment.

Get inspired by watching Brother Steindl-Rast in this “Want to be happy? Be grateful” TED Talk video.

“Let gratitude be the pillow upon which you kneel to say your nightly prayer. And let faith be the bridge you build to overcome evil and welcome good.”
― Maya Angelou, Celebrations: Rituals of Peace and Prayer

Have children in the fourth through ninth grades? We have a camp for them! The Oregon Writing Project is hosting a young writers’ camp, themed “Mission to Mars,” July 12-16! Camp meets from 9 a.m. to noon each day.

Registration closes tomorrow (Thursday) at 5 p.m. If you are an employee of or a student at George Fox, we are able to offer a discount of 40% for your child.

Contact Carol Brazo (cbrazo@georgefox.edu) for more details.

Do you have red hair and are interested in contributing to research? Open from July 5-18, there will be a survey available for people who have red hair to take. This survey is part of Richter’s Scholars research looking into the life of people who have red hair and how stereotypes and biases affect them. In addition, there will be a remote focus group held to dive into further detail and reflection.

Contact Elizabeth Herbert at eherbert18@georgefox.edu if you have additional questions.

Campus Recreation is hosting a Wilderness First Aid certification course at the Hadlock Student Center August 17-18, 2021. Students, employees, and community members are all eligible to participate. 

The course is a two-day introduction to general wilderness medicine concepts and basic life support skills. It is perfect for anyone who likes to spend time outside! This course provides relevant and realistic first-aid training and is taught by a professional instructor with significant patient care and backcountry experience. 

To read more about this type of course, go to the Wilderness Medical Associates website.

You can register for this course at the Hadlock Student Center here.

If you have questions about this course, please reach out to AJ Heil at aheil@georgefox.edu

The vehicle registration portal opens on Tuesday, July 6 for all students to register their vehicles for parking permits!

The university parking registration fee has been incorporated into the student fee, so students will no longer need to pay an additional out of pocket fee to register their vehicle. Students bringing a vehicle to campus must still register their vehicle and obtain a parking permit.

There have been significant changes in parking areas this year, so be sure to look over your new parking map to ensure you are parking in the right place.

Register Here and be sure to have your DMV registration slip in front of you.

Questions? Call the security office at 503-554-2090 during business hours, or email Elrike Shaw at eshaw@georgefox.edu.

The vehicle registration portal opens on Tuesday, July 6 for all students to register their vehicles for parking permits!

The university parking registration fee has been incorporated into the Student Fee, so students will no longer need to pay an additional out-of-pocket fee to register their vehicle. Students bringing a vehicle to campus must register their vehicle and obtain a parking permit.

There have been significant changes in parking areas this year, so be sure to look over your new parking map to ensure you are parking in the right place.

All students may order a permit this year.

All residents may order a resident parking permit. All commuters may order a commuter parking permit. Vehicles must be parked in the lots assigned to their permit designation.

Register Here and be sure to have your DMV registration slip in front of you.

Questions? Call the security office at 503-554-2090 during business hours, or email Elrike Shaw at eshaw@georgefox.edu.

The Murdock library and the 24-hour space will be closed Wednesday through Friday this week (July 7-9) due to a planned power outage.  The 24-hour space plans to reopen on Saturday, July 10, and the Library plans to reopen at Monday, July 12 at 8 am.  Library employees will be working remotely and can be reached via email. Check the library website for information.

If you have a question about an item you have requested or an item on loan, please email circadmin@georgefox.edu.  If you need research help, please email researchhelp@georgefox.edu .

A contracted technician will be on campus Tuesday morning (July 6) to spray the Linden trees located between the Stevens Center and Pennington Hall. The area will be taped off and the east entrance will be closed to the Stevens Center. Access to this area will be limited until the product dries but will be restored after lunch that same day. Any questions can be directed to Plant Services.

The Murdock library and the 24-hour space will be closed July 7-9th due to a planned power outage. Library employees will be working remotely and can be reached via email. Check the library website for information. If you have a question about an item you have requested, or an item on loan, please email circadmin@georgefox.edu.

PGE will be replacing the very old underground electrical lines that service the Murdock Library with new service lines, starting tomorrow (Tuesday). The work is expected to continue through Thursday, July 8.

The library will be closed during this time, as there will be no electricity to the building. It should reopen on Friday, July 9. Questions? Contact Plant Services at plantservices@georgefox.edu.

The Hadlock Student Center will be closed on Monday, July 5th, in accordance with the university’s observance of Independence Day. Hadlock will reopen on Tuesday, July 6th at 6 a.m.